Only a win will satisfy the Bray Wanderers supporters in this Carlisle Grounds clash with Athlone Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the First Division table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Wanderers and Athlone Town.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
This stadium, Carlisle Grounds, has been a fortress for Bray Wanderers in the First Division so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. Ever since the Cobh Ramblers game Wanderers has been unbeatable here at Carlisle Grounds producing four straight wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 453 minutes.
The Bray Wanderers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cabinteely in First Division and win 3-0. Preceding that match was a FAI Cup defeat to Finn Harps (0-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wanderers as they are travelling to their away game against Wexford Youths in the First Division. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Wanderers in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Wanderers have only let in 0 goals at home.
Athlone Town form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Athlone Town, who have the most conceded goals (29) in First Division, playing as the away team in the First Division this season. Athlone are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Cabinteely fixture. Athlone has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Athlone Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Galway United proved too strong as Athlone Town slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Athlone Town Stadium. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Wexford Youths (after extra-time) in the FAI Cup.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Athlone manager A. Carberry as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cabinteely.
Athlone Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Athlone have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Wanderers, three draws and one win for Athlone Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Manning 6 goals |  D. Lynch 5 goals |  G. Shaw 4 goals |
Bray Wanderers missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Bray Wanderers | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 90% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 4.1 |
| 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | 17 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 57 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 129% | 120% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 400% | 56% |
- All of Athlone Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athlone Town has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Athlone Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Athlone Town has the fewest points (1) away
- Athlone Town has the most conceded goals (29)
- Athlone Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
- Athlone Town has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- Athlone Town has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Athlone Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Athlone Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Athlone Town have yet to win a game.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- Bray Wanderers has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Bray Wanderers has the most clean sheets (8)
- Bray Wanderers has the most points (16) at home
- Bray Wanderers have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Bray Wanderers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bray Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bray Wanderers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bray Wanderers is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cabinteely | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Longford Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | UCD | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Shamrock Rovers II | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Galway United | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Wexford Youths | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -19 | 6 |
| 10 | Athlone Town | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -15 | 3 |